St. Clair vs Yale

A side-by-side comparison of St. Clair and Yale: population, income, housing, and more.

St. Clair and Yale are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Clair has the higher population (5,581 vs 2,157 in Yale). St. Clair has the higher median household income ($68,482 vs $50,673 in Yale). St. Clair has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $112,100 in Yale).

Population, income & housing

	St. Clair	Yale
Population	5,581	2,157
Median age	43.4 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,482	$50,673
Median home value	$241,700	$112,100
Median gross rent	$1,033	$779
Housing units	2,439	941
Homeownership rate	69.7%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Clair	Yale
Population	5,327 → 5,581 (+4.8%)	2,082 → 2,157 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$71,845 → $68,482 (-4.7%)	$42,353 → $50,673 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$157,700 → $241,700 (+53.3%)	$83,200 → $112,100 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $1,033 (+39.8%)	$689 → $779 (+13.1%)

St. Clair

Population

5,3275,581

Median household income

$71,845$68,482

Median home value

$157,700$241,700

Median gross rent

$739$1,033

Yale

Population

2,0822,157

Median household income

$42,353$50,673

Median home value

$83,200$112,100

Median gross rent

$689$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Clair	Yale
Under 5	2.4%	9.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	13.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.8%
75 and over	8.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Clair	Yale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Clair	Yale
No high school diploma	4.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	30.2%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Clair	Yale
Drove alone	76.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	13.8%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Clair	Yale
1-unit, detached	76.1%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	7.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	St. Clair	Yale
Poverty rate	9.6%	21.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1960	1950